Can FC Groningen beat Sparta Rotterdam in Sportpark Lonerstraat clash?

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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Lonerstraat (1000 seats)

FC Groningen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Sparta Rotterdam.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sparta Rotterdam have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-7-13 (win-draw-loss) from 24 matches.

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FC Groningen form and stats

The story so far in the Eredivisie for FC Groningen at their home stadium (Sportpark Lonerstraat) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sportpark Lonerstraat.

FC Groningen's previous game was a Eredivisie match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus RKC Waalwijk (placed 18th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Heartbreak before that as FC Groningen lost 0-2 at Ajax's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how FC Groningen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 0 Lost 0.

FC Groningen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportpark Lonerstraat with 7 goals in 4 league matches. FC Groningen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sparta Rotterdam form and stats

Playing away, Sparta Rotterdam have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Eredivisie this season.

Sparta Rotterdam won their last game, 2-1 versus FC Twente played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Fortuna Sittard that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Sparta Rotterdam in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Sparta Rotterdam, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Sparta Rotterdam find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. For Sparta Rotterdam, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Groningen 5 wins, 4 draws and Sparta Rotterdam 1 victory. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Rayhi
4 goals / 1 assists
A. Hrustic
3 goals / 1 assists

FC Groningen missing players

Sparta Rotterdam missing players

FC Groningen Sparta Rotterdam
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 1 5 9
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
10 7 0 Scored S 2 7 18
12 5 0 Conceded C 2 10 16
89% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 89%
78% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 89%
56% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 89%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 33%
44% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 78%
44% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 22%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 11%
 
5.4 4.8 0 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.6 3.1
4.6 3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 8.2 7.1
2 2.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of FC Groningen's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Groningen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • FC Groningen have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • FC Groningen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sparta Rotterdam have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.

FC Groningen
All Eredivisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
14-09-19 ER VVV-Venlo 2 - 1 FC Groningen
21-09-19 ER FC Groningen 2 - 0 PEC Zwolle
25-09-19 ER PSV 3 - 1 FC Groningen
28-09-19 ER Ajax 2 - 0 FC Groningen
04-10-19 ER FC Groningen 3 - 0 RKC Waalwijk
20-10-19 ER FC Groningen 12:30 Sparta Rotterdam
27-10-19 ER SC Heerenveen 11:15 FC Groningen
30-10-19 KB Harkemase Boys 18:45 FC Groningen
03-11-19 ER FC Groningen 13:30 Willem II
08-11-19 ER Vitesse 19:00 FC Groningen
Sparta Rotterdam
All Eredivisie Playoffs Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Club Friendlies KNVB Beker
All Home Away
01-09-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 1 - 4 Ajax
14-09-19 ER AZ 5 - 1 Sparta Rotterdam
21-09-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 4 - 0 RKC Waalwijk
28-09-19 ER Fortuna Sittard 0 - 0 Sparta Rotterdam
05-10-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 1 FC Twente
20-10-19 ER FC Groningen 12:30 Sparta Rotterdam
27-10-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 13:30 FC Utrecht
30-10-19 KB Sparta Rotterdam 19:45 FC Volendam
02-11-19 ER Sparta Rotterdam 18:45 PSV
09-11-19 ER SC Heerenveen 17:30 Sparta Rotterdam

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 9 7 2 0 29 6 4 4 0 0 16 1 5 3 2 0 13 5 23 23
2 PSV 9 7 2 0 26 6 5 4 1 0 16 4 4 3 1 0 10 2 20 23
3 AZ Alkmaar 9 6 2 1 19 4 4 3 1 0 11 1 5 3 1 1 8 3 15 20
4 Vitesse 9 6 2 1 18 13 5 4 1 0 13 6 4 2 1 1 5 7 5 20
5 Sparta Rotterdam 9 4 3 2 18 16 4 3 0 1 11 6 5 1 3 1 7 10 2 15
6 FC Utrecht 9 4 2 3 17 13 4 3 0 1 9 4 5 1 2 2 8 9 4 14
7 Heracles 9 4 2 3 13 14 5 2 1 2 7 8 4 2 1 1 6 6 -1 14
8 SC Heerenveen 9 3 4 2 12 9 5 1 4 0 4 3 4 2 0 2 8 6 3 13
9 Feyenoord 9 3 4 2 18 17 5 2 2 1 11 9 4 1 2 1 7 8 1 13
10 Willem II 9 4 1 4 11 14 5 2 1 2 4 5 4 2 0 2 7 9 -3 13
11 FC Twente 9 3 3 3 17 18 4 1 2 1 9 8 5 2 1 2 8 10 -1 12
12 FC Groningen 9 3 1 5 10 12 4 2 0 2 7 5 5 1 1 3 3 7 -2 10
13 VVV-Venlo 9 3 0 6 10 20 4 2 0 2 6 9 5 1 0 4 4 11 -10 9
14 PEC Zwolle 9 2 1 6 13 21 4 1 1 2 9 11 5 1 0 4 4 10 -8 7
15 FC Emmen 9 2 1 6 11 19 5 2 1 2 9 7 4 0 0 4 2 12 -8 7
16 ADO Den Haag 9 2 0 7 10 18 5 1 0 4 4 9 4 1 0 3 6 9 -8 6
17 Fortuna Sittard 9 1 3 5 12 23 5 1 2 2 9 9 4 0 1 3 3 14 -11 6
18 RKC Waalwijk 9 0 1 8 8 29 4 0 0 4 2 10 5 0 1 4 6 19 -21 1

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